SUMMARY:

• Software Tester with 2+ years of experience in an Agile environment of scrum masters with a broad experience in SDLC and STLC methodologies.
• Well organized, detail oriented with effective communication and collaborative skills.
• Passionate about acquiring new skills and can adjust quickly to new environments and technologies.
• Has a deep sense for color, design and patterns to help with visualization, aesthetics, usability and content of a web application.

Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows 7/8, XP, UNIX, LINUX, MS Office suite

Databases: MySQL, SQL Server 2008, 2012, 2014

Languages: SQL, XML, HTML, JAVA

Database Browsers: SQL Workbench/Heidi SQL, Cygwin, PuTTy, SQL Server Management Studio

Testing Tools: Zephyr, Soap UI, On Time now

Project Management Tool: JIRA

Internet Browsers: IE 8/9/10, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Opera and Opera Mobile Emulator

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Englewood, IL                      

Software Testing, Professional Trainee

Responsibilities:

• Participated in Agile/Scrum methodology that consisted of two - week sprints which focused mainly on Sprint ceremonies
• Involved in sprint planning, daily stand ups, backlog grooming, retrospective meetings, review meetings
• Analyzed the BRD, Wireframe and Flowchart and developed detailed test cases 
• Used Zephyr for the logging test cases for Admin, Scorer and Customer Facing UI modules and implemented a Traceability Matrix to verify all requirements are mapped in the test case
• Coordinated and participated in both internal and external Peer review of test cases and contributed suggestions and integrated the feedback received from peers
• Verified and accounted the details through Hip Chat and made sure unit testing has been done by developers before any formal testing
• Worked with the Lead Test Engineer to perform Smoke Testing to make sure no Severity 1 bug is found before entrance criteria
• Performed the Functionality, component, integration, regression testing and retested the modules as needed
• Performed mobile application testing for CricDrive mobile app to check for its functionality, Interruption, usability and Installation
• Performed middleware testing using Soap UI for the functional testing, WSDL coverage, and message assertion testing
• Performed backend testing using SQL queries in Heidi SQL to verify if GUI is aligning with the database and as a scorer, all the data is entered correctly
• Good knowledge of DML, DDL, DCL and TCL to perform back-end testing as well as adept with different SQL queries and JOINS
• Tracked the log files in Unix  - Cygwin for errors in Request dispatcher and business logs
• Utilized PuTTy tool to remotely and securely access to the remote server’s database
• Analyzed and documented and retested during integration and system testing and logged the actual results against the expected results in Zephyr - “JIRA”
• Prepared bug reports with detailed written steps to reproduce and recorded the severity using Zephyr
• Verified that all the outstanding Defects are either passed, or deferred before Exit Criteria
• Performed Alpha Testing (UAT) with internal users before application goes to Beta testing
• Reported user training issues, wish list and test escapes to Cric drive team after Alpha testing
• Attended status review meetings, interacted with developers and business analysts to resolve the issues during production
• Automated the login, new match, add fixture, add squad and assign match to the scorer pages using Selenium WebDriver in Eclipse Neon framework and using Firefox plug in
• Mentored junior trainees with domain knowledge and for problem solving with database query

Environment: Agile, Microsoft Windows 7/8, LINUX, HTML, JAVA, XML, Soap UI, Putty

Confidential

Quality Assurance, Software Tester

Responsibilities:

• Took time to understand the overall application objectives. Responsible for the testing module called Care Quotient Portal (CQ- Portal), which is the front- end of the application that displayed various metrics related to Clinical Quality Performance
• Proficient with Test case documentation, implementation and test execution
• Determined test requirements and developed test plan along with the QA lead to ensure efficient test cases
• Tested the performance of the CQ Portal application across browsers, including, Internet Explorer, Chrome, Opera and Safari and tested Beta HTML5 version in all browsers
• Utilized Opera Mobile Emulator to test mobile application testing in Samsung Phones, Galaxy Note and iPad
• Tested the responsive UI and overall functionality of the application
• Performed Smoke testing, Functional testing and browser compatibility testing
• Maintained a detailed account of all quality testing results and created Traceability Matrix in excel to ensure 100% test coverage
• Logged all tests performed and noted results in google spreadsheet
• Informed the development team of any consistent quality issues that needed to be addressed and reported over all sprint status and daily status
• Worked with the QA lead to ensure that the user interface was visually and aesthetically appealing

Environment: Agile, Microsoft Windows 7/8, LINUX, HTML 5, Silverlight, XML, Microsoft Excel

Confidential

Commercial Designer

Responsibilities:

• Helped with the Website design by giving layout directions
• Learned the very basic testing skills of a web site like how the UI looks and navigates
• Ensured that the website was easy to use and provided a good end-user experience
• Helped with test plan and test execution
• Performed smoke testing, Functionality testing and cross browser testing